- Phyllostachys nigra
- Tree planting day – Mr Lee Kuan Yew (from Straits Times Archives)
- Crustose Lichen, MacRitchie
“A society grows great when old men plant trees, whose shade they know they shall never sit in”
From an ancient Greek Proverb
Mr Lee Kuan Yew (1923-2015), First Prime Minister of Singapore. He had never failed to plant a tree every year from 1963-2014 (picture from the Straits Times Archives)